Improvements oil-cans



flame to the inside of the can.

UNITE STATES nnnnr w. TUTTLE, OF GALENA, ILLINoIs.

lMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,683, dated December3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BEERI W. TUTTLE, of

Galena, in the county of J o Daviess and State of Illinois, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the wholecan; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same; and Fig. 3, a transversesection in the line 00-00, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference in the accompanying drawing denote the sameparts.

This invention belongs to that class of oilcans having swinging spouts;and has for its object to improve theconstruction of such a can in thefollowing respects: First, of an apparatus securing perfect tightness ofthe can when the discharge-orifice is closed; second, of an apparatusfor preventing accidental opening of the can; and third, of an apparatusfor preventing the communication of To this end the invention consists,first, in the combination, with the swinging spout, of a pad for closingand opening. the vent-hole of the can when the discharge-orifice isclosed and opened; second, in the combination,witl1 the handle of thecan, of a slide for fastening the swinging spout when' thedischargeorifice is closed; and, third, in the combination, with the topof the can, of a series of convolved plates, surrounding thedischarge-orifice, and

forming winding passages, through which the contents of the can have topass before reaching the spent; all which I will now proceed todescribe.

In the drawing, A is the swinging spout aforesaid, the same beingattached to. the top of a tube, B, that passes through the stopper (l,which covers the orifice through which oil is poured into the can. Tothe inside of the stopper 0 the upper end of a tube, D, is fastened,said tube inclosing the tube B, which turns freely in the cover and thetube D. A

threaded stem, E, passing through the tube B, extends downwardthrough'the lower end of the tube D; and on said stem, below the tube D,is a nut, F, which prevents the tube B from being withdrawn from thecan. An orifice, a, is made in the side of the tube 1), and anothersimilar orifice is made in the tube B. By turning the tube B within thetube D both orifices can be brought together, and thus a way be openedfor the oil to run into the spout A. On turning the spout in theopposite direction the orifice a is closed. In the handle G of the canis a vent-hole, b, which communicates with a tube, H, extending downwardto the top I of the can, in which is another vent hole, alsocommunicating with the tube H. To the under side of the spout A a pad,0, is attached, which, when the spout is swung over the handle G, coversthe vent-hole b. The orifice a is closed by the same movement of thespout, so that not only is the oil obstructed from running out throughthe tube B, but also, by the simultaneous closing of the vent-hole,leakage at any of the joints is pre' vented. The opening of the orificeto also opens the vent-hole. A slidin g eye, d, attached to. the handleG, can be moved forward so as to inclose and fasten the spout A whenswung over the handle, thus both keeping the spout in a position whereit is not likely to be in-. jured, and also preventing anraccidentalturning of the spout and consequent opening of the can. Theconvolvedplates (1 of the safety attachment are secured at their upperends to the inside of the top I around the filling-orifice, These platesare all closed at. their lower ends by means of a common disk, 0,soldered to them. The safety attachment presents externally theappearance of a ridged cylinder, and has as many openings h extendinglengthwise of its outside as it has plates d. The openings h are theouter ends of the winding passages 41 between the plates, through whichpassages the oil has to pass before reaching the orifice a. These samepassages, on the principle of the safety-lamp, prevent the communicationof flame from the outside to the inside of the can, and therefore renderthe latter non-explosive.

Additional plates 70 may be attached at one edge to each plate d, andbent backward outside the outer edge of the next plate so as to increasethe number and length of the wind- 7 ing passages.

What I claim as new 1$- 1. The combination of the stopper 0, tubes B D,spout A, pad 0, and vent-tube H, all ar-,

ranged, substantially as described, so as toopen and close the Vent bythe same motion that opens and closes the can.

2. The combination of the spout A, handle G, and slide d, arranged asspecified.

3. A safety attachment for oil-cans, consistin g of a series ofconvolved plates, d, attached at their upper ends to the inside of thetop around the discharge-orifice, closed at their lower ends, andarranged with respect to each other so as to form winding passages,through which the contents of the can must pass in order-to reach thedischarge-orifice, substantially as described.

4. The combination'of the stopper 0, tubes B D, and swinging spout A,all arranged as described.

BEERI W. TUTTLE.

Witnesses:

W. R. ROWLEY, WILLIAM PITTAM.

